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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As the lily
shuwshan (Hebrew #7799)
or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV usage: lily, Shoshannim.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: or showshan {sho-shawn'}
among thorns
chowach (Hebrew #2336)
a thorn; by analogy, a ring for the nose
KJV usage: bramble, thistle, thorn.
Pronounce: kho'-akh
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce
f, so is my love
ra`yah (Hebrew #7474)
a female associate
KJV usage: fellow, love.
Pronounce: rah-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 7453
among the daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
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Matt. 10:16• 16Behold, *I* send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves. (Matt. 10:16)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world, (Phil. 2:15)

More on:

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Daughter,
Lily,
Thorns; Thistles

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 55:13• 13Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:13)
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Matt. 6:28‑29• 28And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;
 29but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these. (Matt. 6:28‑29)
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Matt. 10:16• 16Behold, *I* send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves. (Matt. 10:16)
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Phil. 2:15‑16• 15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,
 16holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain. (Phil. 2:15‑16)
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1 Peter 2:12• 12having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)
• The Bridegroom. (Vs. 2). (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• This is the response of the King. He affirms what the bride has said. She is the lily; but in the valley where the lily grows there are thorns which serve as a background to bring out the beauty of the lily. In the dark valley of this world there are those who have none of the beauty of Christ upon them, thorns for the burning, thorns that would only wound Him. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• To have His lily Christ had to descend into the valley of the thorns. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.